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THE WASTEWATER PLANT Kindle Edition

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Scott's determined to make it through a record shattering storm for his first day at the wastewater plant. What he thinks his new career will entail and what he finds are polar opposites - an outdated plant full of half-broke equipment and a motley crew of plant operators who can barely tolerate one another.

As personal politics explode during the worst storm in centuries, an ancient evil awakens. It's hungry. It's intelligent. And it's focused on the wastewater plant.

Will the band of roughnecks wise up enough to work together and survive? Will there be any help from the outside world or will the creature have its way, transforming the plant and the staff's reality into a cold nightmare?

Find out in Dodge Winston's pulse-pounding, deeply disturbing book, THE WASTEWATER PLANT!

Length: 224 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled

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Publication date : May 3, 2013
File size : 559 KB
Publisher : Red Castle Press (May 3, 2013)
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 224 pages
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Language: : English
ASIN : B00CMYWJ10
Lending : Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #3,397,177 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #72,066 in Horror (Kindle Store)
- #117,406 in Science Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #157,431 in Horror Literature & Fiction

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David E. Bloyer

I bought this book because I'm a wastewater professional and wanted to support a colleague. However, I was greatly disappointed.

Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2013

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You have to admire anyone who actually writes and publishes a book. That being said, as a wastewater professional I was hoping for more from this effort. The wastewater plant characters are mere caricatures. The plant is stereotypical: run down, smelly, and apparently forgotten by the municipality. Most plants I've been to are absolutely NOT like that. The people who work at these plants take pride in what they do and take pride in where they work. Anyone who reads this book with no knowledge of the industry will see what they expect to see; whiny, lazy government workers who can't get along with each other and do nothing but complain about the boss.

There was precious little to recommend this book. The author teases with mention on the OBC about Scott being determined to make it through his first day ath the wastewater plant, even though the main characters are Gene and Marcy. And apparently the author didn't quite understand that a book should have a beginning, a middle, and, in my opinion most importantly, an END. The end of the book was much like the end of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds". The birds just quit and everyone walks out of the house. In this book, the ending was quite disappointing.

Now, to be sure, I've never actually written a book. So this author is way above me in that respect, which is why I've given it two stars instead of only one. However I have *read* many books and this one was the first book I've ever read where I had the impression that the author wasn't sure of the definition of some of the words he used. For example, on page 157, one sentence reads:"The bathroom was glib, lit by a bulb in a far corner." Now according to Merriam-Webster, glib means: "marked by ease and fluency in speaking or writing often to the point of being insincere or deceitful". That was not the only instance of the misuse of the word "glib".

This book will definitely go on my bookshelf, but I doubt it'll ever be read again.

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dragonfly

original idea, but....

Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2014

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Generally, the overall concept was very original. However, the spelling (or lack of proof reading) was a disappointment. Seems to have been written a bit hastily. It wasn't a complete waste of my time, and I liked the ending, but could have used more work in development before being published.

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Pete J

A for Effort

Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2014

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I was somewhat disappointed in this novel. A bit like one of the characters I started working in wastewater treatment with little knowledge and have seen many types of people and a number of different plants in over twenty years. I have also seen better people and facilities.

The characters did seem to be a collection of many of the malcontents and the way they were ready to fight among themselves, while useful as a plot device, struck me as a bit unrealistic. Perhaps if the plot had been a bit more developed and some back-story given the employee strife would have made more sense. The sci-fi/horror element seemed hastily thrown together which also distracted from a more enjoyable story. Still I can appreciate the author's effort in writing The Wastewater Plant.

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Melinda Ward

so I enjoyed that aspect

Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2014

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I work at a wastewater plant, so I enjoyed that aspect. It was definitely a thriller, but at times a little much. The language was horrible and really had me second guessing why I was reading it.

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Mark Lindeman

weak tea

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2013

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I read an upbeat description of this book on a favorite blog and decided to take a chance on the Kindle edition. Oh well. A close read of the book description tells you all you need to know about the prose: a friendly and extraordinarily generous copy editor could have improved this book and any future ones. Judging from the acknowledgments, I think the novel was supposed to read a bit like the Baa Baa Black Sheep of wastewater treatment -- "these guys (and gal) may look like a mess, but they wastewater-treat their hearts out!" -- but whatever they do right is totally overshadowed by the Frankenstrangelovian horror plot, never mind their own lack of curb appeal. If the author can straighten out his sentences, stop trying so hard, and tell some stories about the actual work, that would be a better book.

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Linda S Leonard

It was a dark and stormy night....

Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2013

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I really enjoyed this book! Just the right mix of a dark stormy night, blue collar workers, and a little something sci fi. I read this one while home alone late at night which added to the suspense factor for me. Having some wastewater employment background also made it seem a little too close to home for me. I recommend!

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Worthless book.

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2013

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Terrible writing, cardboard characters, predictable, stupid plot. Waste of my time. I wish I hadn't wasted my money on this book.

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